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hîth

noun. mist, fog

Sindarin [Ety/364, S/432] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hîth

noun. mist

The Sindarin word for “mist”, an element in many names, derived from the root √KHITH of the same meaning (SA/hîth; PE17/73).

Conceptual Development: N. hîth “mist” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, already with the derivation given above (Ety/KHIS), though when Tolkien first defined the word, he first wrote (and then deleted) the gloss “fog” (EtyAC/KHIS). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road, Christopher Tolkien wrote hith (LR/364), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne confirmed that the actual form was hîth in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT45/22).

Cognates

  • Q. hísië “mist, mistiness” ✧ SA/hîth
  • Q. hísë “mist, mist, [ᴹQ.] fog, [ᴱQ.] haze; dusk; bleared”

Derivations

  • KHITH “mist, mist, [ᴹ√] fog”

Element in

  • S. Hithaeglir “Misty Mountains, (lit.) Line of Misty Peaks” ✧ SA/hîth
  • S. hithlain “mist thread, grey elvish rope”
  • north S. Hithlum “Land of Mist” ✧ SA/hîth
  • S. hithren “grey”
  • S. hithui “misty”
  • S. Nen Hithoel “Mist-cool Water” ✧ RC/328; SA/hîth

Variations

  • Hith ✧ RC/328
Sindarin [RC/328; SA/hîth] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hithu

noun. fog

Sindarin [Ety/364, X/W] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hithlain

noun. mist-thread (a substance used by the Elves of Lothlórien to make strong ropes)

Sindarin [LotR/II:VIII, LotR/Index] hîth+lain. Group: SINDICT. Published by

hîth

mist

hîth (i chîth) (fog), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîth).

hîth

mist

(i chîth) (fog), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîth).

hîth

fog

1) hîth (i chîth) (mist), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîth), 2) *hithu (i chithu), analogical pl. hithy (i chithy). Cited in archaic form hithw (LR:364 s.v. KHIS, KHITH), so the coll. pl. is likely hithwath.

hîth

fog

(i chîth) (mist), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîth)

hithu

noun. fog

Derivations

  • KHITH “mist, mist, [ᴹ√] fog”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

hithu

fog

(i chithu), analogical pl. hithy (i chithy). Cited in archaic form hithw (LR:364 s.v. KHIS, KHITH), so the coll. pl. is likely hithwath.

mith

wet mist

(i vith) (white fog), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mith). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone is the adjective ”pale grey”. ✱

mith

white fog

(i vith) (wet mist), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mith). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone is the adjective ”pale grey”.

hithlain

mist-thread

name of a fiber made in Lórien.